Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2771 - חָרָן Charan ("crossroads")

Original Word:	חָרָן
Transliteration:	Charan
Definition:	"crossroads", a city in N. Mesopotamia
Part of Speech:	proper name, of a location; proper name, masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(kaw-rawn')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Haran

From charar; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place -- Haran.

see HEBREW charar

Englishman's Concordance

Haran=“mountaineer”
1) a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah (noun proper masculine)
2) the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2787
Same Word by TWOT Number: 747

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. חָרָןproper name, of a locationcity in northern Mesopotamia (Assyrian —arrânu=road, path COT^Gloss; compare Dl^{Pa 185}; Jen^{Kosmologie 28} 'junction of trading-routes'=cross-roads) — mentioned as city of Abram's sojourn Genesis 11:31, where his father Terah died Genesis 11:32, and whence he departed for Canaan Genesis 12:4,5; where Laban, Jacob's uncle, lived, and whither Jacob fled Genesis 27:43; Genesis 28:10 (both חָרָ֫נָה), Genesis 29:4; as conquered by fathers of Sennacherib 2 Kings 19:12=Isaiah 37:12; as place of trade Ezekiel 27:23; Assyrian –arrana (), Schr^COT on Genesis 11:31; Genesis 27:43ᵐ5Χαρραν. It was an ancient seat of worship of moon-god (Sin), see Schr^{KG 355, 596}; see further Chwolsohn^{Ssabier i, 303 ff.} Wüstenfeld^{ZMG 1864, 443 f.} Schr^{KG 355, 536} Sachau^{Reise 217 ff.} Mez^{Geschichte. d. Stadt Harran, 1892}.

II. חָרָןproper name, masculineson of Caleb of Judah1 Chronicles 2:46 (twice in verse); ᵐ5Αρραν, ᵐ5^LΩρων (Sabean proper name חרן DHM^{Epigr. Dakam. 56}).

חוֺרֹן, חֹרֹן see בֵּית חוֺרֹן above

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2771. חָרָן (Charan) — 12 Occurrences

Genesis 11:31
HEB:וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ עַד־ חָרָ֖ן וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: as far as Haran, and settled
KJV: and they came unto Haran, and dwelt
INT: went far Haran and settled there

Genesis 11:32
HEB:וַיָּ֥מָת תֶּ֖רַח בְּחָרָֽן׃ ס
NAS: and Terah died in Haran.
KJV: and Terah died in Haran.
INT: died and Terah Haran

Genesis 12:4
HEB:שָׁנָ֔ה בְּצֵאת֖וֹ מֵחָרָֽן׃
NAS: old when he departed from Haran.
KJV: old when he departed out of Haran.
INT: years departed Haran

Genesis 12:5
HEB:אֲשֶׁר־ עָשׂ֣וּ בְחָרָ֑ן וַיֵּצְא֗וּ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙
NAS: they had acquired in Haran, and they set
KJV: that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth
INT: which had acquired Haran forth for

Genesis 27:43
HEB:לָבָ֥ן אָחִ֖י חָרָֽנָה׃
NAS: flee to Haran, to my brother
KJV: thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
INT: Laban to my brother to Haran

Genesis 28:10
HEB:שָׁ֑בַע וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ חָרָֽנָה׃
NAS: from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
KJV: from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
INT: Beersheba and went Haran

Genesis 29:4
HEB:אַתֶּ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מֵחָרָ֖ן אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃
NAS: are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.
KJV: [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.
INT: and they said Haran we

2 Kings 19:12
HEB:גּוֹזָ֖ן וְאֶת־ חָרָ֑ן וְרֶ֥צֶף וּבְנֵי־
NAS: them, [even] Gozan and Haran and Rezeph
KJV: [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph,
INT: my fathers them Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons

1 Chronicles 2:46
HEB:יָֽלְדָ֛ה אֶת־ חָרָ֥ן וְאֶת־ מוֹצָ֖א
NAS: concubine, bore Haran, Moza and Gazez;
KJV: bare Haran, and Moza,
INT: Caleb's bore Haran Moza and Gazez

1 Chronicles 2:46
HEB:וְאֶת־ גָּזֵ֑ז וְחָרָ֖ן הֹלִ֥יד אֶת־
NAS: and Gazez; and Haran became the father
KJV: and Gazez: and Haran begat
INT: Moza and Gazez and Haran became of Gazez

Isaiah 37:12
HEB:גּוֹזָ֖ן וְאֶת־ חָרָ֑ן וְרֶ֥צֶף וּבְנֵי־
NAS: them, [even] Gozan and Haran and Rezeph
KJV: [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph,
INT: my fathers them Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons

Ezekiel 27:23
HEB: חָרָ֤ן וְכַנֵּה֙ וָעֶ֔דֶן
NAS:Haran, Canneh, Eden,
KJV:Haran, and Canneh, and Eden,
INT:Haran Canneh Eden

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